Local Focus: Epic local turnout for Papakai Park
Neighbour's initiative sparks community park clean-up. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
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Local Focus: New owner for popular book store
Patrick's Bookshop changes hands. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Motiti Protection Area 'makes it illegal for us to be Māori'
New rule protecting biodiversity comes into effect. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Palmerston North's Stomach is being digitised
The Stomach poster archives preserved. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Kung Fu Tea & Chinese Cooking Club exclusive to Whanganui
Traditional Kung Fu Tea & Chinese Cooking Club classes. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: From collection to compost but no plastic please
See what happens to Tauranga's food waste. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: International festival looking local
Innovative, creative, challenging? This could be you. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Kaituna Mole getting a facelift
Upgrade of popular Maketū fishing spot begins. Made with funding from NZ on Air.
Local Focus: How should Tauranga's next councillors be elected?
Time to have your say on how councillors are elected. Made with funding from NZ on Air.
Local Focus: Treaty settlement to bring hundreds of new homes to Napier
Mana Ahuriri Trust is building hundreds of new homes. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Access denied through public land planted in kiwifruit
Hastings District Council has many peppercorn agreements to use public land.
Local Focus: One busy backbencher
Palmerston North MP, Tangi Utikere on his first year. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Howl of a Protest: Threat to mount Parliament steps if things don't change
"People have come out in force." Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Desperately seeking sheep dags
Lack of dags is actually a problem. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Winter wine-tasting among the Winter Wonder Fest treats for the senses
Plenty of variety in Winter Wonder Fest programme. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Farmers' protest: Tractors, dogs, utes, a chopper, and a few controversial signs
It's one of the bigger protests held in the region in recent memory.
Editorial: Why farmers are up in arms
Sparks could fly at today's nationwide 'Howl of a Protest'.
Local Focus: Learning event attracts Māori digital startup accelerator
PMP looking for young people. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Foredune restoration under way
Iwi and Coast Care planting Morgan Street beach. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: New 'rainbow hub' opens in Tauranga
Gender Dynamix and Rainbow Youth move in together. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
'Groundbreaking' migrant pōwhiri in Tauranga may become permanent
Hundreds attended what is believed to be the first migrant pōwhiri.
Local Focus: From waste to taste
Whanganui Kai Ora action group saves valuable resources. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Robins return to Manawatū
The moving story of moving 40 birds to their new home. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Free bus rides for permanently impaired passengers
Accessibility Concession goes live for buses in the Bay. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: War drovers gone but not forgotten
War memorial drovers' huts up for heritage status. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
'Putrid' rotting skins and pelts present problems at landfill
Increased animal waste causing toxic landfill fumes.
Local Focus: A celebration of all things volunteer
Volfest expo to educate on volunteering in the Bay. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Is geothermal really green energy?
One geothermal station is almost as bad as burning gas. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Using tech both old and new to tackle wallaby nuisance
Dama wallabies are spreading from Rotorua to the Waikato.
Comment: A passion for our people, our culture and our reo
It was in the house next door that the very first broadcast for Awa FM took place in 1991.
Local Focus: Budding herbalist joins alternative medicine market
Market apothecary gaining a loyal following. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Long-term plan hearings begin
Commissioners meet the community on their own whenua. Made with funding from NZ on Air.
Local Focus: The foragers of Hawke's Bay
Cress, mushrooms, persimmons, pomegranates and walnuts. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Baypark prepares for Armageddon
Look out for these locals at the Armageddon expo. Made with funding from NZ On Air.